Empfindsamkeit movement

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The Empfindsamkeit movement was an 18th-century German musical style emphasizing heightened expressivity, sensitivity, and emotional nuance, particularly in keyboard and chamber music.

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instanceOf 18th-century musical movement ⓘ
German musical style ⓘ
musical style ⓘ
aimedAt direct communication of feeling ⓘ
centeredIn Berlin ⓘ
Hamburg ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
endTime late 18th century ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Empfindsamer Stil ⓘ
sensitive style ⓘ
style of sensibility ⓘ
hasCharacteristic abrupt harmonic shifts ⓘ
chromatic harmony ⓘ
emotional nuance ⓘ
emotional sensitivity ⓘ
expressive ornamentation ⓘ
frequent dynamic changes ⓘ
heightened expressivity ⓘ
intimate character ⓘ
irregular phrases ⓘ
speech-like melodic writing ⓘ
subjective expression ⓘ
sudden contrasts of mood ⓘ
use of silence and rests for expression ⓘ
historicalContext transition from Baroque to Classical period ⓘ
influenced Classical era music ⓘ
early Romantic music ⓘ
influencedBy Baroque music ⓘ
German Enlightenment ⓘ
Rococo aesthetics ⓘ
linked to: Rococo

literary Empfindsamkeit movement ⓘ
notableComposer Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach ⓘ
Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg ⓘ
Johann Christian Bach ⓘ
Johann Gottfried Müthel ⓘ
Johann Joachim Quantz ⓘ
Johann Schobert ⓘ
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach ⓘ
relatedTo Galant style ⓘ
Sturm und Drang ⓘ
startTime mid-18th century ⓘ
typicalGenre chamber music ⓘ
character piece ⓘ
fantasia ⓘ
keyboard music ⓘ
sonata ⓘ
typicalInstrument clavichord ⓘ
fortepiano ⓘ
harpsichord ⓘ
string instruments ⓘ
voice ⓘ

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